A security agent from Sudan's intelligence service has been killed in skirmishes with a group of soldiers in the Red Sea town of Port Sudan, police said Thursday.
The fighting between members of the country's powerful National Intelligence and Security Service and a group of soldiers erupted late on Wednesday, Port Sudan police chief Mohamed Musa Omer said in a statement.
"There were skirmishes yesterday evening at 8:00 pm (1800 GMT) between members of Sudanese armed forces and members of NISS," Omer said.
"One member of NISS was killed, while there are several others from both sides who are wounded." Residents of Port Sudan told AFP that the fighting was close to the coast, forcing nearby cafes and restaurants to shut.
Omer said the commanders of both the groups later stopped the fighting and the "situation is now under control across the Red Sea state".
Members of NISS are leading a sweeping crackdown on anti-government protests that have rocked Sudan for more than a month now, with protesters staging rallies even in Port Sudan.
On Thursday, protesters are planning to march on the presidential palace in Khartoum as organisers called for new nationwide rallies.
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